Kids Night Outs - Edmond`s First Baptist Church

UPTOWN KIDS
ISSUE
Upcoming Events
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Summer
• Kids Night Outs
June 7th Family Fun Night @ Pelican Bay
June 26th @ PlayZone
July 24th @ Bouncin Craze
Spiritual
Development
• Kids Camps
Cross Timbers Mission Adventure Camp– June 15th -19th
Solutions for
Summer Days
this issue
What in the World is Going On? P.1
Music Boot Camp- July 29th-31st
This summer pick one
Performance August 2nd in Morning Worship Service
night a week and turn off
the TV and open the bible
• DayCamp and Wednesday Nights
Don’t sit at home this sum-
June and August Calendars P.2
mer wishing for something
July Calendar P.3
fun to come.
It is already
together. It may seem
1st-3rd grade camp– June 9-11
here and it is free!
corny, old-fashioned and
4th-5th grade camp– June 30-July 1
summer we will be offering
even a bit embarrassing at
Boomerang Express Wednesday nights this summer
two
times, but it will make an
eternal difference in the life
of your child.
different
day
experiences.
• Impact Week
August 24th-28th 6:30pm to 8:30 pm
camp
Crocodile
What in the World is Going On?
Dock for our 1st-3rd graders
and Studio Go for our 4th5th graders.
Crocodile Dock will be for
1st-3rd
graders
on
9:30
June
9-11th
from
noon.
We will be heading
am
to
down to the bayou for a
raging good time.
We Will
discover
swamp
some
It is hard to believe that Summer is here
friends that have some very
important things to teach us
Stefanie and I arrived here.
Christ.
June 30-July 2 from 9:30 am
noon.
Our
kids
will
participate in excitement of
a real game show.
the
ultimate
prize
Where
is…
You and your friends will
have to come join us to find
out.
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As a church we adopted a new
covenant.
children’s area.
our Kids in a good way. This sets the
Several of these things you have probably
guidelines for us as we strive to teach
noticed:
and lead them in growing to be like
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We redesigned our kids church space.
Jesus and a member of the church.
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We renamed our 1st-3rd grade worship
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This significantly impacts
Beginning in June we will have a new
to Wired (which has a cool logo thanks
class called KidFaith, this class will
to Jerry Rapee)
teach about salvation, baptism and
We started a brand new worship
what it means to be a member of
service for 4th and 5th graders called
EFBC. KidFaith classes will be
Fusion.
offered the second Sunday of every
We took 3 girls to State Bible drill
month.
competition and saw all 3 of them
Studio Go is for 4th-5th
to
This spring
been changing in the church and in our
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graders and will meet on
Perhaps the most exciting thing is that
we have seen several kids accept
about God and ourselves.
Studio Go
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already! It seems like just last week that
has been a whirlwind. Lots of things have
Crocodile Dock
1300 SE 33rd Street
Edmond Oklahoma 73013
405.341.0253
www.fbcedmond.org
Upcoming Events at a Glance P.4
This
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successfully complete drill.
All this is to say whew! We have been
We started Kids Night Out. One Friday
doing a lot, but it could not happen with
a month is dedicated to your children
out you.
having a fun, exciting , and safe
prayers, your commitment to excellence
experience that they can invite their
and dedication to seeing the best for all
friends to attend, and allows you to be
our children.
Thank you so much for your
able to have a date every now and
again.
Pastor Charles
Kids Night Outs
Once a month we will be
having an explosion of fun
your kids will not want to miss
JUNE 2009
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
out on. They will start at 6:30
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pm and end at 9 pm.
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June 26th- The PlayZone
The playzone is a three story
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high obstacle course that is
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enough for Mom and Dad to go
JULY 2009
SUN
through.
Socks are required!!!
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MON
TUE
enough to eat.
WED
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THU
FRI
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AUGUST 2009
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
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THU
FRI
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bounce on and off of.
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Eat before you come, because
IMPACT WeeK
Are
kids
network
how
a
can
air
are
looking
for
something real.
be doing lots of different
your child know what is real.
one real thing
that can forever change your
child. Join us as we partner
to
change
our
children and the lives of their
friends forever by introducing
Web Site
Summer Picks
and
all
sudden
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Q: Why are we not having VBS during the
Cost is $10 per child, with a
summer like we always have?
maximum of $20 per family.
A: The last few years we have seen an
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alarming trend in our VBS attendance.
As a staff we prayed and felt led to
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radically change what and how we
Before you get all bummed
would approach VBS this year. We came
out, Kids Night Out will be
to two conclusions: First we concluded that
to take a break for Team
Cartoon
sure
Summer is here
we will not slow down long
back in September, but we had
really
I am
them to the real thing, Jesus!
of fun and exciting things to
August- No Kids Night Out
not
together
any more. They have a bunch
Parents go free.
series called CN real.
There is only
run until your legs can’t run
enough to eat.
launching a new series of TV
events are designed to help
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Socks are required!!!
summer cartoon network is
activities, but each of these
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Parents go free.
extravaganza where you can
This
This summer we are going to
maximum of $20 per family.
Bouncin Craze is an inflatable
Reality TV for Kids.
and advertising towards kids.
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Cost is $10 per child, with a
July 24th- Bouncin Craze
EYE ON IT
Current Trends
for Kids
trend right now in marketing
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Eat before you come, because
we will not slow down long
Do not miss out on these incredible
teaching worship series. And if you have not
checked out what is going up there, come
join us on Sunday mornings. Wired meets at
9:30 and Fusion meets at 11:00 am. Don’t
f o r g e t
Connection
Groups meet
at 11:00 am
for
1st-3rd
and at 9:30
am for 4th5th grades.
reality TV, but it show the
fun and challenging for all
ages. The tubes are even big
Both Wired and
Fusion will continue
through
the
summer.
We will
see a few new
themes in each of
these
worship
hours. Wired will be
blasting off into outer space as look at the
Life of Joseph and what it means to be a
servant, and Fusion will be blasting off as
well with Johnny Stratosphere as they
explore where no kid has gone before...
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every church on every corner is doing a Bible school
during the course of the summer and most of them
of
a
your
are utilizing the same resource base with Lifeway. Thus,
child has free time that used
children in our community were getting the same thing
to be occupied by school.
offered to them over and over again. So we
And
like
most
Americans
decided to invite Team Impact to help us with our
many of you are considering
VBS this year and teach our kids how to make
the cost of Childcare against
an impact in the world around them. Second, we
leaving your child at home.
decided that Team Impact could be more effective
Join us on May 31st as we
in the schools than at church alone. So we moved our
talk about how to keep your
date to the second week of school giving us the potential to
child safe this summer and
reach more kids and families for Christ.
give some great alternatives
Impact!!! And Oh yeah that
to fill their time with fun and
event is free!!!
maybe even a little learning!!!